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Definition of bide in English: bideverb bʌɪdbaɪd dialect, archaic no object, with adverbial of place Remain or stay somewhere. 〈古或方〉停留，居住 how long must I bide here to wait for the answer? 我必须在这里待多久才能等到答复？ Example sentencesExamples - Emmy bided patiently, not discerning the point.
- Not yet - hold, bide, don't go to sleep on the possibilities here.
- If you know Hawthorne's story, it's an intriguing detail, a fascinating invitation to bide awhile and think.
- You'd be wiser to bide aboard while I have a word with a tailor I know.
- Over clear pools, that solitude must bide, await your sowing like a holy bride, to cast off widowhood when you draw near.
Synonyms remain, remain behind, stay behind, stay put visit
Phrasesdialect, archaic Wait quietly for a good opportunity to do something. 等待时机，耐心等待 she patiently bided her time before making an escape bid 她耐心地等待时机，然后才试图逃脱。 Example sentencesExamples - He was biding his time, he was waiting for the perfect chance to escape.
- The evacuation had been steady and orderly but authorities said that was because many people were biding their time, waiting to see the latest forecasts before heading out.
- That there are dark undertones to everything, that bide their time and lie in wait for the unfortunate and unwary.
- But I knew I would find my path eventually, so I merely bided my time and waited until it would be revealed to me.
- I waited him out, biding my time until he sent all of his men away to scour the docks for any watchers.
- They quite rightly don't want to be seen to be desperate for an acquisition, and are apparently willing to bide their time, waiting for the right opportunity.
- We will be back with another bill, and we will bide our time and find the opportunity to present that bill to both the House and the Senate.
- I often tell people who are troubled by their perception of the unfair (in their terms) actions of others, or systems, that all they have to do is bide their time and watch and wait.
- But he'd already discovered that appearing too much out of character would raise serious suspicions, so he had to simply bide his time and wait for the opportunity.
- The shadow watched and waited, patiently biding his time.
- For months I've been biding my time, waiting for that all important moment when I could make my strike.
- He bided his time and waited for a project that he really wanted to do.
- So I continued to bide my time, hoping, waiting, praying for salvation.
- Whenever I find a frogfish, the fate of my dive would be sealed - I will remain in that one spot, patiently biding my time for the perfect shot.
- He wanted them to wait and bide their time until something really big and juicy came up at the right price.
- Rich listened obligingly, biding his time as he waited for the right opportunity.
- The forward moved the ball back and forth with his stick, biding his time, waiting.
- The man had been quietly biding his time in the shady far corner of the bar with a pack of cigarettes and his tie undone.
- I'll bide my time, wait for the weather to improve and for my strength to build up.
- Most times, you have to play for the middle of the green, bide your time and wait for a chance to be aggressive.
Synonyms stand by, hold back, be patient, bide one's time, hang fire, mark time, kill time, waste time, cool one's heels, kick one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs
OriginOld English bīdan, of Germanic origin. Rhymesabide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide Definition of bide in US English: bideverbbaɪdbīd dialect, archaic no object, with adverbial of place Remain or stay somewhere. 〈古或方〉停留，居住 how long must I bide here to wait for the answer? 我必须在这里待多久才能等到答复？ Example sentencesExamples - Not yet - hold, bide, don't go to sleep on the possibilities here.
- If you know Hawthorne's story, it's an intriguing detail, a fascinating invitation to bide awhile and think.
- You'd be wiser to bide aboard while I have a word with a tailor I know.
- Over clear pools, that solitude must bide, await your sowing like a holy bride, to cast off widowhood when you draw near.
- Emmy bided patiently, not discerning the point.
Synonyms remain, remain behind, stay behind, stay put visit
Phrasesdialect, archaic Wait quietly for a good opportunity to do something. 等待时机，耐心等待 she bided her time, patiently reading a magazine and planning her escape Example sentencesExamples - We will be back with another bill, and we will bide our time and find the opportunity to present that bill to both the House and the Senate.
- The shadow watched and waited, patiently biding his time.
- I waited him out, biding my time until he sent all of his men away to scour the docks for any watchers.
- He wanted them to wait and bide their time until something really big and juicy came up at the right price.
- They quite rightly don't want to be seen to be desperate for an acquisition, and are apparently willing to bide their time, waiting for the right opportunity.
- For months I've been biding my time, waiting for that all important moment when I could make my strike.
- Whenever I find a frogfish, the fate of my dive would be sealed - I will remain in that one spot, patiently biding my time for the perfect shot.
- But he'd already discovered that appearing too much out of character would raise serious suspicions, so he had to simply bide his time and wait for the opportunity.
- So I continued to bide my time, hoping, waiting, praying for salvation.
- I often tell people who are troubled by their perception of the unfair (in their terms) actions of others, or systems, that all they have to do is bide their time and watch and wait.
- But I knew I would find my path eventually, so I merely bided my time and waited until it would be revealed to me.
- He bided his time and waited for a project that he really wanted to do.
- Most times, you have to play for the middle of the green, bide your time and wait for a chance to be aggressive.
- The forward moved the ball back and forth with his stick, biding his time, waiting.
- I'll bide my time, wait for the weather to improve and for my strength to build up.
- Rich listened obligingly, biding his time as he waited for the right opportunity.
- He was biding his time, he was waiting for the perfect chance to escape.
- The man had been quietly biding his time in the shady far corner of the bar with a pack of cigarettes and his tie undone.
- The evacuation had been steady and orderly but authorities said that was because many people were biding their time, waiting to see the latest forecasts before heading out.
- That there are dark undertones to everything, that bide their time and lie in wait for the unfortunate and unwary.
Synonyms stand by, hold back, be patient, bide one's time, hang fire, mark time, kill time, waste time, cool one's heels, kick one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs
OriginOld English bīdan, of Germanic origin. |